A novel tunable optical add/drop multiplexer with liquid crystal as the active layer

Ruey-Fang Shyu; Wei-Ching Chuang; Hsiao-Ping Liang; Kun-Yi Lee

doi:10.1117/12.546012

18 August 2004 A novel tunable optical add/drop multiplexer with liquid crystal as the active layer

Ruey-Fang Shyu, Wei-Ching Chuang, Hsiao-Ping Liang, Kun-Yi Lee

Proceedings Volume 5451, Integrated Optics and Photonic Integrated Circuits; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.546012
Event: Photonics Europe, 2004, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

In this talk, we propose a novel tunable optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM), based on Asymmetric Bragg Coupler (ABC) and the liquid crystal as the active layer material. The asymmetric Bragg coupler is made of OG series polymer ridged waveguide. The liquid crystal is filled to cover the waveguide structure, which sandwiches between upper and bottom electrodes. When the external voltage applied, the index of liquid crystal changes to adjust effective index of coupler and inherently tunes the transmission spectrum of the device precisely. The transmission bandwidth is about 32.5GHz, and the tunable range is about 250GHz centered at 1.55nm.

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Ruey-Fang Shyu, Wei-Ching Chuang, Hsiao-Ping Liang, and Kun-Yi Lee "A novel tunable optical add/drop multiplexer with liquid crystal as the active layer", Proc. SPIE 5451, Integrated Optics and Photonic Integrated Circuits, (18 August 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.546012

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